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extranotular

extranotular adjective: situated between the axial furrows and the notular lines of a trilobite fossil.

Adjective

extranotular (not comparable)

  1. Situated between the axial furrows and the notular lines of a trilobite fossil.
    • In the absence of axial furrows the extranotular parts of the axial lobe may be mistaken for parts of the pleural lobes […]1990, J. H. Shergold, J. R. Laurie, Sun Xiaowen, Classification and Review of the Trilobite Order Agnostida Salter, 1864: An Australian Perspective, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2026, page 11

Origin of extranotular

From extra- + notular.

Questions about extranotular

What does extranotular mean?
Extranotular means situated between the axial furrows and the notular lines of a trilobite fossil.
What part of speech is extranotular?
Extranotular is an adjective.

Words near extranotular in the dictionary

  1. extranigral
  2. extranodal
  3. extranodular
  4. extranoematic
  5. extranormal
  6. extranotular
  7. extranuclear
  8. extranuclearly
  9. extranucleolar
  10. extranucleosomal
  11. extranumerary

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